The 2010 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball competition held in Germany from July 23 to August 1, 2010. The tournament was originally set to be held in 2009 with Russia as host. In March 2008, the Confederation of European Baseball awarded the tournament to the German Baseball and Softball Federation. The tournament was moved back one year to not be held in the same year as the Baseball World Cup. The event was hosted by the cities of Stuttgart, Heidenheim an der Brenz, and Neuenburg am Rhein in the southwest of Germany.
Qualification
The following 12 teams qualified for the tournament.
Pool A Pool B Winner of Antwerp Pool Winner of Karlovac Pool Winner of Prague Pool 2007 European Baseball Championship 5th, 2007 European Baseball Championship Winner of Abrantes Pool 4th, 2007 European Baseball Championship 7th, 2007 European Baseball Championship 2007 European Baseball Championship 2007 European Baseball Championship Winner of Trnava Pool 6th, 2007 European Baseball Championship
Round 1 Pool A Standings Qualified for Pool C Did not qualify for Pool C Teams Pct. GB 5 0 1.000 – 42 3 4 1 .800 1 34 18 3 2 .600 2 33 25 2 3 .400 3 25 21 1 4 .200 4 16 36 0 5 .000 5 5 52 Source
All times are local (UTC+2)
Schedule
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Pool B Standings Qualified for Pool C Did not qualify for Pool C Teams Pct. GB 4 1 .800 – 49 8 3 2 .600 1 31 47 3 2 .600 1 34 33 2 3 .400 2 21 22 2 3 .400 2 34 39 1 4 .200 3 23 43 Source
All times are local (UTC+2)
Schedule
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Classification games 11th place game
9th place game
7th place game
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Round 2 Pool C Standings Qualified for the Final Did not qualify for the Final Teams Pct. GB 4 1 .800 – 43 15 4 1 .800 – 41 11 3 2 .600 1 41 28 2 3 .400 2 35 54 2 3 .400 2 15 39 0 5 .000 4 18 46 Source
All times are local (UTC+2)
Schedule
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Final
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Final standings
RkTeamWL81Lost in Final72Failed to qualify for Final62444544635Failed to qualify for Round 2733824Failed to qualify for the 7th place game923914Failed to qualify for the 9th place game11141105
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Awards
Most valuable player: Giuseppe Mazzanti Best hitter: Raily Legito Best pitcher (earned run average and win–loss record): Rob Cordemans Best defensive player: Jendrik Speer Most home runs: Giuseppe Mazzanti Most runs batted in: Jairo Ramos Gizzi Most runs scored: Raily Legito Most stolen bases:
Notable participants Several former Major League Baseball players appeared in the tournament. Hall of Fame catcher Mike Piazza was a coach for Italy. Outfielder Gene Kingsale played for the Netherlands. Catcher Erik Pappas played for Greece, which was managed by Jim Essian. Pitcher Dennis Cook was Sweden's manager, and Scott Scudder was a coach.
External links Official Website (Archived)
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